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Show GERMANS LOSING GROUND IN FRANCE REPORTED TO HAVE SUFFERED ENORMOUS LOSSES IN BATTLE WITH FRENCH AND ENGLISH. Request fer Armlstloe of Twenty-four Hours In Which to Bury Dead Denied De-nied by Frenohmen, Who Estimate German Losses at 30,000. Official reports from both Paris nnd Iondon lndlcato sucossful movements at least for the time being by tho allied al-lied armies against the Germans. London Lon-don reports that tho British havo pushed tho .opposing forces back ten miles nnd that tho allies aro gaining ground along the line of tho Ourcq and Potlt Morin rivers. Accounts of wounded soldiers who reachel Paris Tuisdny afternoon Indicate Indi-cate that the result of the three days' flghtlng"ln the Champagne country has been mora favorable for tho allied than at first supposed. They say the German losses In killed were enormous, enorm-ous, and that a groat number of prisoners pris-oners wero taken. One French officer estimates the prisoners at 30,000. Tho Champagno district includes parts of tho department of Marnc, Ardennes, Aubo and Maute-Mnrne. With hundreds of thousands of men engaged on both sides, the bat-tlo bat-tlo now in full swing to tho cast of Paris promises to be the most Important Import-ant of tho campaign up to the present pres-ent In reply to a request by the Germans Ger-mans for an armistice of twenty-four hcurs to bury tho dead and care for tho wounded, tho French authorities aro reported to have sent this mes-an mes-an go: "Wo grant you that time to get out of France." An Infantry officer, wounded north of Moaux, suld that the Germans seemed to bo tired out. Ho counted bOO dead In a slnglo trench. Tho French Infantry charged, as at Char-lerol, Char-lerol, ugalnst machine guns, and in spite of strong positions broke tho enemy's lino. The retreut of the Gnr mnns was precipitate. They seemed to lack ammunition. |